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Button sedge

Kunahui
Fimbristylis cymosa R. Br.

Occasional along the marshy areas Used as a ground cover in some countries. Also used as a turf, green manure and fodder for cattle. The roots are given for dysentery in traditional medicine in India. Th reat: The plant is reported as a weed in some agricultural environments such

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uses
Used as a ground cover in some countries. Also used as a turf, green manure and fodder for cattle. The roots are given for dysentery in traditional medicine in India. Th reat: The plant is reported as a weed in some agricultural environments such as in taro, sweet potato and rice fields. LAPANAJUS
family
Cyperaceae
synonym
Scirpus strictus Roxb.
description
Perennial herbs, forming tight tufts. Leaves less than half stem length; sheaths 1-2.5 cm, pale brown; blades 1-1.5 mm wide, stiff , frequently falcate, margins barbed towards apex. Inflorescence compact or diffuse with elongate peduncles, of 10 or more solitary spikes, or, in compact inflorescences, spikes sessile and clustered; bracts usually short, margins scabrous; branches compressed, × triangular to terete. Spikes 2-5 1-2.5 mm, ovoid, more or less terete, greyish brown to brown; rachis articulate, castaneous brown, with prominent brown or colourless wings. Stamens 2; anthers with small basal lobes; style brown; stigmas 2 or 3, ciliate. Nut ovoid, lenticular, slightly rugulose, dark brown.
native range
Africa, Asia, Europe, America, Australia and the Pacific Islands
distribution
In the tropics and subtropics
english names
Button sedge
flowering fruiting
October - February
occurrence maldives
Occasional along the marshy areas
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